High school football capsules for Week 3

North County (0-2) at Jackson (1-1)

Last week: St. Clair 28, North County 0; Parkway South 35, Jackson 13

Last year: Did not play

Outlook: The teams have not played since they were Class 4 district rivals in 1995. Jackson won the last meeting at home 22-15.

North County has been splitting the quarterback duties between freshman Wyatt Compton and junior Levi Harris. Compton started against St. Clair and the Raiders had trouble mounting offense. Compton was 6 of 14 passing, while junior tailback Matt Rion led the ground game with 50 yards on 20 carries. Three of Compton's completions went to senior receiver Cameron Vasquez.

"They have a big offensive line and a big defensive line," Jackson coach Van Hitt said. "They don't have the team speed that we saw last week, but they're big and they're physical."

Jackson, a Class 5 school, played Class 2 O'Fallon Christian in Week 1 and Class 6 Parkway South in Week 2. The Indians' offense has reflected its schedule thus far. The Indians rolled up 467 yards of offense against O'Fallon but 194 yards against Parkway.

"I feel like our backs are running the ball hard," Hitt said. "We're throwing and catching the ball well. We just need to maintain our blocks on offense."

The defense has given up more than 460 yards of total offense to both of its opponents. Christian passed for 367 yards against the Indians, while Parkway rushed for 457 yards. The Patriots averaged nearly 7.9 yards on their 58 carries.

"We played a lot better on defense [last week]," Hitt said. "We just lost some team discipline at times, and that's what got us in trouble."

Against Parkway, senior running back Ethan Ruch led the Indians with 48 yards on 11 carries. Ruch also had a team-high 172 yards on 24 carries against Christian.

Hayti (2-0) at Chaffee (0-2)

Last week: Hayti 20, Malden 12; Portageville 42, Chaffee 6

Last year: Hayti 38, Chaffee 6

Outlook: Hayti owns 11 straight wins over Chaffee in a game that had been a Class 1 District 1 matchup since 1996. Chaffee has moved to Class 1 District 2, which includes St. Vincent, Valle and Cleveland NJROTC.

Hayti's two victories have come by a total of 10 points. The Indians' first two opponents -- East Prairie and Malden -- both finished with 12 points.

Chaffee's offense has scored a total of six points in its two losses and has been hampered by an injury to junior quarterback Jordan Yahn, who will return after spraining an ankle in the season opener. Freshman Cody Payne has guided the Red Devils' offense the past five quarters.

"He's been practicing all week, and hopefully it will hold up for him," Chaffee coach Charlie Vickery said of Yahn. "I think he's OK."

Yahn also has been missed at linebacker on defense.

Insider linebacker Cody Enderle will not play tonight due to a shoulder injury.

Chaffee, which has not won since last year's season opener, has a 10-game losing streak.

"It's a typical Hayti team -- big and fast," Vickery said. "It's another big challenge for us, but one of these days we have to stop being young and get this thing turned around."

Hayti's top player is senior defensive end/ offensive lineman Darnell Clay.

"He's is really a good player," Vickery said. "They just kind divvy it out on offense. It's not like one particular player. They have several that are pretty good."

Scott City (1-1) at East Prairie (1-1)

Last week: Scott City 42, St. Vincent 21; East Prairie 41, Grandview 8

Last year: East Prairie 35, Scott City 13

Outlook: Scott City has lost the last two meetings with East Prairie by a combined 70-13 score.

The game will be a meeting of teams that have shown the ability to run the ball this year. Scott City senior Garett Schaefer rushed for a career-high 261 yards last week, while East Prairie's Aaron Miller rumbled for 144 yards and three touchdowns.

"We're going to be very similar in our game plan," Scott City coach Jim May said. "I think it's going to be a slugfest. That's the kind of style we like to play, and that's what they want to play. We'll just have to come out and see whose will wins out. This is going to be a good challenge for us for the rest of the season to know where we're at and where we need to go."

While Miller averaged seven yards a carry last week, other East Prairie rushers were not quite as successful, combining for 52 yards on 23 carries. Zach Shipmen led the rest of the cast with 11 carries for 36 yards. Quarterback Conner Scott completed 2 of 4 passes but did not need to throw much with the Eagles ahead 34-0 at halftime. Grandview avoided a shutout with a touchdown in the closing seconds of the game.

"They haven't thrown it around a lot, but they had some success throwing it against us last year, so I expect them to throw it some," May said.

The Rams have 41 and 42 points, respectively, in the first two weeks. Schaefer has led the charge with more than 200 yards rushing in both games. Senior fullback Alex Eichhorn has been a nice complement to Schaefer, rushing for 194 yards and averaging 7.7 yards a carry.

Sophomore defensive back Forrest Copeland left last week's game with concussion-like symptoms and likely will sit out tonight. Junior receiver Austin Atchley, who sat out most of last week's game with a knee injury, will play.

Park Hills Central (1-1) at Perryville (0-2)

Last week: Dexter 14, Park Hills 0; De Soto 27, Perryville 0

Last year: Park Hills 29, Perryville 6

Outlook: The Pirates have dropped the last three meetings against Park Hills and five of the last six.

Park Hills was intercepted five times in last week's loss to Dexter, which came after a lopsided win over St. Vincent in the season opener. In addition to throwing the interceptions, Rebels quarterback Aaron Tyree completed 10 of 27 passes for 119 yards.

Tanner Skaggs led the ground attack with 66 yards on five carries and had five receptions for 79 yards. Central had 123 yards rushing against Dexter, but two plays accounted for 78 yards.

Perryville's defense struggled in the opener and had trouble with De Soto's rushing game, yielding 274 yards on 36 carries (7.6 yards).

"They broke off some big runs, other than that I thought we did a pretty good job with our run defense," Perryville coach Keith Winkler said. "A couple of big plays here or there, a missed assignment, those things are killing us."

Perryville is having trouble scoring points, averaging seven points through two games. The Pirates averaged 4.2 points last season.

"We didn't move the ball as well as the week before," Winkler said. "I thought the first week our defense didn't show up to play, and last week I didn't think our offense showed up to play. We need to get both facets going along with our special teams."

Missouri Military Academy (0-2) at St. Vincent (0-2)

Last week: Winfield 52, Missouri Military Academy 27; Scott City 42, St. Vincent 21

Last year: Did not play

Outlook: The schools have not met since the Class 1 Indians defeated the Colonels during the 1998 and 1999 seasons.

Missouri Military Academy, a Class 3 school located in Mexico, Mo., has surrendered 103 points in its two losses. Both opponents, Hallsville and Winfield, topped 50 points.

St. Vincent's offense showed promise last week, churning out nearly 350 yards of offense and 22 first downs against Scott City. After having trouble running the ball, the Indians scrapped their wishbone and went to a spread offense with success. Junior quarterback Tim Schumer completed 21 of 32 passes for 270 yards but was intercepted three times. The offense also fumbled away the ball two times.

Senior receiver Ryan Boxdorfer emerged as a primary target for Schumer with 10 receptions for 149 yards against Scott City. Nathan Comte had four catches and Adam Winkler added three.

The Indians have been outscored 69-6 in the first half of their two games.

"We might go to [the pass] a lot earlier than we did last week," St. Vincent coach Paul Sauer said. "We may try to mix it up a little more."

The running game also was a problem for St. Vincent on both sides of the ball. The Indians averaged 2.4 yards a carry against Scott City and yielded 8.4 yards an attempt.

As far as the Missouri Military Academy, it appears to be using the element of surprise. Sauer was not sent a video on the Colonels and was unable to obtain a roster. He does know MMA runs a spread offense, the same as his own team.

"I think from where we're at, we need to focus on ourselves anyway," Sauer said. "It doesn't matter what our opponent presents. We need to fix our own errors."

SATURDAY

Obion County (Tenn.) (1-2) at Central (2-0)

Last week: Crockett County 22, Obion County 16; Central 28, Festus 16

Last year: Obion County 43, Central 25

Outlook: Central is 2-0 for the first time since 2002 when it opened with three straight wins in a 10-2 season that ended in the Class 4 quarterfinals. The Tigers have surpassed their win total of the two previous seasons -- 0-10 in 2009 and 1-9 in 2008.

The Tigers added Obion County last season.

Obion County, a Class 4 school in Tennessee, has lost two straight since an opening-week win against Class 1 Fulton County (Ky.). Obion's two losses include a 42-34 setback to Sikeston and a 22-16 loss to Class 4 Crockett County (Tenn.).

Sikeston gashed Obion for 447 yards rushing in its victory. Obion countered with 372 yards passing on 42 attempts. Obion quarterback Trey Phipps completed 24 of 41 passes with four touchdowns and one interception. Mason McGrew, Shawn Weaks, Tanner Cary and LaDevin Fair combined for 21 catches for 342 yards in the spread attack.

"If they can't run the ball very efficiently, then they'll go to the air," Central coach Rich Payne said. "That's kind of what happened against Sikeston. They weren't having a lot of success running the ball, so they had to go to throwing."

The Rebels will be playing their first road game.

Central's ground attack has led the way in both its victories. After rushing for 278 yards in its opener against New Madrid, the Tigers rolled for 331 yards against Festus. Central rushers are averaging 7.7 yards a carry.

"We're going to need to run the ball against this ballclub in order to keep their high-powered offense off the field," Payne said.

Two different Tigers have led the team in rushing. James Poindexter had 151 yards on six carries in the opener, while Keilon Moore had 143 yards on 12 carries last week. Poindexter had another productive game against Festus with 91 yards on nine carries.

With the success on the ground against Festus, Central attempted just four passes. The Tigers have attempted 11 passes this season and rushed 79 times.

-- Jeff Breer